How do I stop biting my lips and peeling the skin of my fingers?

I am always biting my lips and I also pick the skin off when they’re dry until they’re bleeding and then I stop.

I bite the inside of my lips, too until they bleed and then I stop.

I also peel the skin off my fingers (when I see dry skin) and even though I want to stop so badly, I get in this trance where I can’t stop peeling them until they bleed, too! My fingers are becoming so ugly that my husband has started to notice and is very concerned about this. Apart from peeling them, I also bite the sides of my fingers’ skin!

So I bite my lips.
Peel my dried lips.
Bite the skin inside my mouth.
Bite the skin off the side of my fingers.
I peel the skin off my fingers ’til they bleed.

How do I stop this? Slapping it won’t work, and chewing gum only goes so far. I can do this for 2 hours and can’t stop. It’s like I can’t snap out of it.

How do I stop biting my lips and peeling the skin of my fingers?

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8 Responses to “How do I stop biting my lips and peeling the skin of my fingers?”

  • Mo F says:

    Wear a muzzle.

  • Texas-BOY says:

    if you ever figure this out please share the wealth with me cause i do the same thing on all three aspect. and so people know it is like a trance that cant be delt with until the skin is gone. weird but true and any help would be greatly appreciated

  • fizzy m says:

    use carmex on your lips it taste bad for most people and heals your lips

    pour some thing painful on your fingers so you dont do it again

  • larry says:

    well just have a lotion you like and wear that on hands cause my hands get dry so i put lotion on it and as for you lip try chapstick i tried it but it made my lips more chapped so i dont use it but it might work for you

  • tomboy scientist at work says:

    put moisturising cream on your lips and fingertips . This is stop the dryness of your skin and automatically you will find that you have stopped bitting yourself.

  • linzie p says:

    i used to bit my lip and make it bleed but wat i do is put lip gloss on and wen i think I’m going to do it i put more on or if i start doing it i don’t get cross wid myself just put lip gloss on. With ur hands you could try having a manicure making ur hands and nails look nice and that might make you stop because taking the skin off will make them look bad again also having a manicure will moisturizers ur hands hope you can stop

  • lost29_30 says:

    No real solution for this
    You can try the lotions & they will only reduce this act
    But this problem is very very common but it differs in the levels of suffering
    My advice for you is to get a hobby or play some kind of sports it will cheer you up & gives you more confidence thus it will reduce your addiction to this act

  • Ljiljana A says:

    You are nervous, go to psychologist !

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